Chinese Epad / Ipad replica with Google Android OS

Hi guys,

One of the first items I remember purchasing from Aliexpress and was very wary of as it cost at the time about $88 and was one of th ebiggest purchases I had made on the site about 2 years ago. I thought a touchscreen tablet PC could not cost that much and felt in the back of my mind that the package would never arrive. However I was relieved when it did and was actually surprised at the amount of technology in such a slim and portable device, which was also provided at an amazing price.

There are many different Epad's available from Aliexpress and from China in general with minor deifferences, not visually, but mainly in the specification department in relation to how much RAM it has, processor speed and what Google Android OS it is using etc.

I remember when I got mine it came in a nice retail style packaged box with the charger, instruction manual (which was written in broken English and was not very easy to follow),travel adaptor and USB cable. I was very impressed and still am to this day about it, however I wish I had kept it as I sold it on Ebayabout a week later after recieving it. I paid about £58 for it and sold it on Ebay for £77. This wasn't a bad profit and I was mainly testing the market on Ebay for this type of tablet PC as the Ipad 1 was the main contender for tablet PC's at the time and thought this would never sell as its unbranded.

The touchscreen on the device was actually fairly accurate and responsive, however nothing as you know can beat a real keyboard than a virtual one. It has little niggles in it now and again when trying to type fast as it can sometimes struggle to keep up, but I also own an Ipod touch 4th Generation model and its touch keyboard is the same so I wouldn't bad mouth the Epad devices just for being not lightning fast as even the to of the range products with virtual keyboards cannot keep up with the speed some people type at.

There is a great range of applications available for the Epad's as they run all  Androids applications which there are literally hundreds of thousands of. One problem with Chinese Epads is that sometimes the version of the Google Marketplace does not work as it is the Chinese marketplace, and when it trys to connect to the internet via wi-fi or 3G, it does not recognise the local settings and so brings up an error. There are some remedies online which you can lookup to install the ENglush or USA version etc of the marketplace and some I have seen the methods have had a reasonable success rate from what I have read in forums and posts etc.

When I got my EPad, I wanted to use it in work mainly to play videos on and it does it very well from an SD card slot. It has an interface like a bookshelf which is on the Ipad 1, 2 and 3 which allows you to choose movies and ebooks, or songs as if they were sitting on a virtual bookshelf inside your tablet. The video playback on these items is actually pretty good as I watched and entire film before the battery started to go down on it which lasted about 2 hours long, and there was no issues with lagging of the picture or smoothness of the film, no out of sync sound and lips talking it was very cool. The screen isn't high definition however I See there are some models now which offer HD screens at a higher price of course. The screen which is standard on most of the Epads seem suitable and produce the lovely colours that the wallpapers which come with Google Android show off.

Lots of acessories can be bought for the Epad from Chinese suppliers which include leather cases, blue tooth keyboards and 3G modems to access the internet on the move. All Epads have Wi-fi built into them and they work very well in discovering new networks within range and connecting to them with ease.

I would not really use the tablet to replace a laptop as it can do a lot more than the tablet PC's however I would use it mainly for entertainment purposes, reading ebooks, watching films, listening to music, editing the occasional documents in office applications which can be downloaded for the EPad or sometimes come with free trial versions of them already installed on the unit.

Overall not a bad purchase and you could easily resell these to people as they are also great organisaitonal companions using the Google calender functions to help plan your day, meetings and so forth. I would recommend one if you had some spare cash about but don't expect it to run games which a laptop would run like World of Warcraft etc LOL it usually comes with Angry Birds, everyones fav game, and has lots of room to download more and keep you entertained.

Interested in purchasing the newer models? Check out the one I have recently bought below for a bargain. Its great for surfing the web, although can slow down now and again, but the screen and touch sensitivity are great on these models. Check them out:


                            


Thanks.

Henry